Why Go Abroad?

Individuals have impact. Youth exchange doesn't just offer courses in a foreign language or a chance to escape from suburban America. When I go abroad, I will be an ambassador for intercultural understanding, communication, and respect. This can be achieved one student at a time. If we learn to respect each other, we will view each other not as Americans and Turks, or Christians and Muslims, but as people. It seems hard for an individual to make a difference, but if one never gets involved nothing will change.